VANCOUVER, Dec. 15 /PRNewswire/ - Rubicon Minerals Corporation (RMX:TSX | RBY:NYSE-AMEX) ("Rubicon") is pleased to announce that its Phoenix Gold
Project exploration team, led by CEO, David Adamson has been awarded
The Association for Mineral Exploration, British Columbia (AME-BC),
2010 Colin Spence Award. This prestigious honour is given for their
role in the discovery and development of the F2 Gold Deposit in Red
Lake, Ontario. The team consists of: David Adamson, President and
CEO, Matthew Wunder, VP-Exploration, Ian Russell, Terry Bursey and
Crystal McCullough.

Quoting from the AME-BC news release dated December 14, 2010:

"David Adamson, Matthew Wunder, Ian Russell, Terry Bursey, and Crystal
McCullough (The Rubicon Team) of Rubicon Minerals Corporation are
awarded the 2010 Colin Spence Award for excellence in global mineral
exploration. They are acknowledged for their technical expertise and
perseverance in evaluating and recognizing favourable lithologic and
structural elements, and then applying the Red Lake deposit model
within the geologic framework of the Phoenix Gold Project in the Red
Lake Gold Camp to define the potential target that led to the discovery
of the high-grade F2 Gold Zone."

President and CEO and co-recipient David Adamson said: "On behalf of our
entire team, I wish to acknowledge the great honour of receiving this
award recognizing our discovery in Red Lake. The discovery is testament
to the persistence of a technically focused and talented group of
explorationists which it is a privilege to work with."